Fluctuations in schizophrenic births by year

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 169, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 772-775

  Torrey, E Fuller ^a   Rawlings, Robert R ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADULT; AGED; BIRTH RATE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEASONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029958060     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.169.6.772     Document Type: Article

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